The Latest Breaking News from Uttar Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the world's longest river Cruise, MV Ganga Vilas in Varanasi via video conferencing on Friday. Read on for details:

It was 1978. Kuldip Nayar, then an editor at the Indian Express, had written an editorial on the army regime in Pakistan after a trip to the neighbouring country. A boy based in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh shot him a critical letter.

The Uttar Pradesh police yesterday arrested Manish Jagan Agrawal, a Samajwadi Party leader, following a complaint filed by Richa Rajput, head of social media for the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha – the BJP’s youth wing. Agrawal is alleged to be the person behind “offensive” tweets posted by his party’s media…

Cold wave retains its hold in Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Lucknow and in other cities of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday as the mercury drops. Read on for details:

Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court’s order directing the Uttar Pradesh government to hold local urban bodies elections in the State without granting reservation to OBCs. Read on for details:

A doctor in the Bans Kheri village of Uttar Pradesh's Amroha allegedly left a towel inside the stomach of a woman after she was admitted to his hospital post labour pain. Read on for details:

Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to Khushi Dubey, a relative of slain gangster Vikas Dubey in the case in which eight police officers were killed in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Read on for details:

Amarjit Singh Dulat, former Cheif of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and former special director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau, joined Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra on Tuesday in the Uttar Pradesh leg of the Yatra. Read on for details:

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